If you are into electronics, this may affect you. This quote pretty much sums up the crazy situation:
If you’re keeping score, this is an Australian citizen buying stuff from an Australian subsidiary of a UK company, and being told ‘no’ by the US government.
Why is a secret no-fly list that usually can not even be challenged a bad idea?
Because the people in charge of maintaining such a list are human beings, so they are prone to making mistakes, they give in to feelings, they ignore advice and warnings, and sometimes they are outright dumb.
The people in charge are not infallible, so there needs to be some oversight. Without that, things can go very wrong very quickly...
Right. After firing more than 100 shots at two women, just because they drove a pickup (even though model, brand and even colour were different from the one Dorner drove) and not really hitting them, the cops who opened fire like maniacs will not be disciplined, but instead better trained - so that they hit next time...